| NHTSA Record Id: 4901 |
Vehicale/Equipment Name: DODGE |
| Recalled Component Id: 000012737000074862000000293 |
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| Model Name: RAM |
Model Year: 1997 |
| NHTSA Campaign Number: 01V040000 |
Mfr Campaign Number: 973 |
| Component Name: LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES:HOOD:LATCH |
Manufacturer That Filed Report: DAIMLERCHRYSLER CORPORATION |
| Start date of Manufacturing: Jul, 23 1993 |
End date of Manufacturing: May, 10 1999 |
| Report For : V |
Potential Number Of Unit Affected: 701000 |
| Date Owner Notified By MFR : Sep, 17 2001 |
Recall Initiator: ODI |
| Manufacturers Of recalled Vehicles/Products : Chrysler (FCA US, LLC) |
Report Received Date: Feb, 12 2001 |
| Record Creation date : Feb, 13 2001 |
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| Defect Summary : On certain pickup trucks originally sold in or currently registered in the following "salt belt" states: maine, new hampshire, vermont, massachusetts, rhode island, connecticut, new york, new jersey, pennsylvania, delaware, maryland, the district of columbia, west virginia, ohio, indiana, michigan, illinois, wisconsin, minnesota, iowa, and missouri. corrosion of the return spring on the hood secondary latch could cause the mechanism to bind in the "release position." |
Consequence Summary: if the primary latch is not engaged, the hood could open unexpectedly. |
| Corrective Summary : Dealers will replace the secondary hood latch. owner notification began september 17, 2001. owners who take their vehicles to an authorized dealer on an agreed upon service date and do not receive the free remedy within a reasonable time should contact daimlerchrysler at 1-800-853-1403. |
Recall Notes: Daimlerchrysler recall no.973.also contact the national highway traffic safety administration's auto safety hotline at 1-888-dash-2-dot (1-888-327-4236). |
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